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03 Survey of Beliefs - Medium

This form's purpose is for you to do a survey of YOUR beliefs at Medium Entry Level.

"SURVEY of BELIEFS - Medium Entry Level (Knaus 1974)"

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Directions: Next to each question there are three possible answers. Using the radio buttons CLICK in the one beside the answer you think is best for you.

1. A person who feels angry towards another person thinks

a. He can't stand the other person's behaviour
b. The other person has no right to act the way they do
c. Nobody is perfect and this person is no different
d. All the above answers are correct

2. If a person states it is human to make a mistake and then feels awful when he makes a mistake

a. He can't help feeling that way
b. He generally is a liar
c. He doesn't really believe it is right for him to make a mistake
d. He will always correct his mistakes

3. A person who is angry because the world is not perfect can help get rid of this feeling by

a. trying to force the world to be the way he wants it
b. telling himself that it doesn't matter how the world is
c. questioning why the world must be the way he wants it to be
d. giving up and pretending not to care

4. If you see a person who is not acting his age - the first thing to do is

a. try to change him by teasing him out of his behaviour
b. ignore him completely
c. tell him to grow up and act his age
d. try to understand that everybody can act their age

5. When a person hates herself when someone laughs at her

a. she thinks that she needs the other person to like her so that she can like herself
b. she has to believe that the person is unfair
c. her grades will start to drop at school
d. she will never get over feeling that way

6. A person who has trouble learning to read

a. will probably have trouble learning everything
b. is stupid
c. will have to work harder at it than some of his other classmates
d. should give up because he is not going to do well

7. A person who feels annoyed when someone teases him

a. believes he doesn't like to be teased
b. believes it is unbearable to be teased
c. believes the other person should be punished
d. always should go to the teacher for help

8. Any person who gets poorer grades in school than her friends

a. is going to be ashamed
b. is not as good a person as they are
c. can still accept herself
d. will find that her friends will stop playing with her

9. What makes a person complex

a. a person can have many different qualities like fairness and truthfulness
b. a person is capable of behaving in many different ways
c. a person is capable of thinking in many different ways
d. all of the above answers are correct

10. Which of the following is an example of a sensible belief

a. I don't like it when someone is treated unfairly
b. I can't stand it when I see someone is treated unfairly
c. people who treat others unfairly should always be punished
d. all of the above answers are correct

11. How would a person feel who thought - It really is too bad that I failed that test

a. afraid
b. ashamed
c. disappointed
d. depressed

12. If asked what they think the world is like - different people would

a. have the same opinion of the world
b. agree that the world is a great planet to live on
c. all state that the world is a complicated place
d. have different opinions

13. Which situation can be frustrating

a. you put a puzzle together and find some parts missing
b. you are not able to do what you want
c. you can't find the meaning of an important word
d. all of the above situations can be frustrating

14. A person who demands - insists - that things go his way is most likely to feel

a. angry when he doesn't get his way
b. good - because he is doing something to get his way
c. great annoyance when he doesn't get his way
d. both a and c are correct

15. A person's opinions are

a. always based on facts
b. ideas about something that could either be true or false
c. always incorrect
d. based on unsound assumptions

16. People who spend most of their time thinking how awful everything is

a. usually have bad things happen to them
b. are usually treated unfairly
c. are hopeful that their life will change if they complain enough
d. usually solve their problems by facing them

17. Standards or values are most helpful in

a. determining what personal goas to work for
b. know what to blame or praise yourself for
c. knowing who is a good person and who is a bad person
d. none of the above answers are correct

18. The better method of changing unsound - irrational upsetting thinking is

a. say you are going to stop thinking unsoundly
b. question unsound ideas
c. insist to yourself that you start thinking only sound thoughts
d. try to forget your upsetting thoughts

19. One thing we know about how people express feelings is

a. people who have had the same experiences express their feelings in the same way
b. people can express the same feeling in different ways
c. all ways of expressing feelings are appropriate
d. none of the above answers is correct

20. An example of an unsound assumption is

a. day and night follow each other
b. the milk tasted sour
c. Ann doesn't like me because her grades are higher than mine
d. all of the above answers are correct

21. You believe something because

a. it is a fact
b. it is your opinion
c. answers a and b are correct
d. answers a and b ar both wrong

22. Most bullies have in common

a. they really don't like themselves
b. they always have a lot of money
c. they never act fairly
d. both a and c are correct

23. A person who is angry

a. has been treated unfairly
b. sees only one side of the story
c. is a bad person
d. all of the above answers are correct

24. Someone who thinks life is awful and will never get better probably feels

a. angry
b. annoyed
c. depressed
d. uncaring

25. Human emotions are most likely to result from

a. the way your parents taught you how to feel
b. how you think about things that happen
c. how other people think about you
d. non of the above answers is correct

26. Everybody is like to feel the same way

a. at a birthday party
b. when they do poorly at school
c. when they forget their best friends birthday
d. none of the above answers is correct

27. which of the following is not a feeling

a. sad
b. itchy
c. glad
d. all are feelings

28. which of the following is an example of unsound thinking

a. I really don't like it when I can't play a game well
b. it makes me sick to see her acting so silly
c. it is too bad if I am not loved by everybody
d. none of the above are unsound thoughts

29. If a person treats you unfairly - it would be appropriate for you to feel

a. angry
b. good - because you think you are better than they are
c. annoyed or sad
d. anxious or nervous

30. A person who tries to think rationally

a. never is emotionally upset
b. is friendly only with people who think sensibly
c. easily solves all his problems
d. is better able to accept his mistakes

31. If you can accept that a bully has problems

a. you have to put up with his behaviour
b. you can try to change the behaviour you don't like
c. you shouldn't be upset if he or she bothers you
d. you must stay out of his or her way

32. A person can get into emotional troubles by expecting to be

a. happy and comfortable
b. successful
c. liked by everybody
d. all of the above answers are correct

33. Some people create extra worries and trouble by

a. having two problems that are difficult to solve
b. blaming themselves for having emotional problems
c. trying very hard and not succeeding
d. none of the above answers is correct.

34. What is a person who thinks sensibly likely to recogise

a. if he is nervous he is making himself nervous
b. if he is nervous it is because of something that has just happened
c. if he becomes nervous - he can't help it because he is a nervous person
d. none of the above answers is correct

35. The best way to deal with worries and troubles is

a. forget them
b. complain about them to your friends and get sympathy
c. always solve them on your own
d. none of the above solutions is very good

36. When you get a high score on a test you

a. are a smart person
b. know the subject well
c. you will do well in the future
d. were very lucky

37. A person who thinks rationally

a. will sometimes feel ashamed
b. will always be happy
c. will be liked by everyone
d. will always be successful in solving his problems

38. If you think you can't stand being frustrated - that means you

a. won't have any friends
b. really don't like yourself
c. will never get to do things your way
d. will probably get less work done

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